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Summary/Abstract

The conversation focuses on crime and the various aspects of it, including prevention, law enforcement, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, and rehabilitation. The host asks for input from listeners on social media or via email.  Topo Padilla, President of the Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS), discusses the work of bail agents in the criminal justice system and the importance of bail reform. He describes the bail process, how bail agents help those accused of crimes, and the challenges of the bail system. He talks about the need for bail reform and the efforts of PBUS to improve the bail system.  The speaker argues that the rise in crime over the past few years is due to criminal justice reform that makes it easier for people to avoid going to prison. They believe that this is a problem because it means that people are not being held accountable for their actions.  The discussion is about how bail reform has come to the forefront of the criminal justice reform process. The goal of bail reform is to eliminate the bail industry, which serves the purpose of allowing people to exercise their constitutional right to bail themselves out of jail. The problem with this is that it would lead to an increase in crime.

Timestamps

0:00:10

Crime in America: A Crossroads Conversation

0:02:56

The Bail System: A Conversation with Topo Padilla

0:04:22

The Rise in Violent Crime: A Conversation with an Expert

0:06:06

Criminal Justice Reform and the Bail Industry

0:07:42

Bail Industry Professionals Weigh In on Recent Criticism

0:09:30

Bail Bondsman: How the Bail Process Works

0:11:14

Bail Bonding: The Process and Its Importance

0:14:54

The Impact of Bail Reform in California

0:19:13

The Impact of Soft on Crime Policies on Minority Communities

0:21:28

The Impact of Criminal Justice Reform on Crime Rates

0:24:35

The Dangers of the New York Bail Reform Act

0:25:59

The Impact of Eliminating Bail Bonds on the Criminal Justice System

0:30:05

Bail Reform in the United States

0:31:46

The Dangers of Unintended Consequences: A Conversation with Jeff Crouere

0:33:11

The Impact of Dummy Down Laws on Crime in America

Highlights

That is not the fault of law enforcement. That is not the fault of the district attorneys. It's not the fault of the judge or the courts or anybody like her.

And so we're making policy decisions right now without considering the unintended consequences of those decisions. And we're clearly not collecting and sharing data on crime in a meaningful way.

There's a strong bail association in the state of Louisiana, and so many of the people that I work with that are part of that system feel like they're an integral part of the criminal justice system.

And thank the good Lord, in this country, across a majority of the states that we have the ability to bail, people have the ability to bail themselves out of jail.

Depending on what happens in the next seven to ten days, they'll have potentially the highest murder rate in history in the city of New Orleans.